Swing attachment.



M. R. GRANT.

SWING ATTACHMENT.

A'PBLIOATION FILED SEPT. 2a, 1908.

BatentedMay 25, 1909.

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MELVILLE ROSYN GRANT, OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

SWING ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 25, 1909. Application filed. September 23, 1908. Serial No. 45,39.

T 0 all whom it may concern: 1 shown in Fig. 1, the sections C tend to hold Be1t known that I, MELviLLE It. GRANT, a the section B at an incline, thus increasing citizen of the United States, and a resident l the capacity of the crib. Meridian, 111 the county of Lauderdale and In applying the crib attachment to the State of Mississippi, have invented certain I swing seat, the end sections C extend along new and useiul Improvements in Swing Atthe lnner side of the side rails F of the swlng, tachments, of which the following is a speciand the hanger bar G thereof is hooked into hcation. engagement with the seat in such manner as This invention is an improvement in crib to secure a bracing of the crib attachment by attachments for swing seats; and the inventhe portions of the swing at the ends of the tion consists in certain novel constructions, swing seat. and combinations of parts as will be herein The construction is simple and can be after described and claimed. easily applied to and removed from the In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective swing and efliciently serves the purpose for view of the invention as in use, the attachwhich it is designed. ment being applied to one of the seats of the As best shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4; I provide swing. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the crib attachment at the juncture of its the improvement removed from a swing. main section and end sections with depend- Fig. 3 is a top plan view, and Fig. 4 is a side ing arms, which, when applied as shown in view of the attachment removed from the Fig. 1, lap along the ends 01' the seat A and swing. these arms are referably the extended ends By my invention I provide in connection of the battens 2 of the end sections B as with the seat A of a lawn swing, a crib atshown. It will also be noticed that the bot tachment which may be applied to and retom of theseat forms the bottom of the crib moved from the seat and is constructed as and the crib extends throughout the length shown with an intermediate or main section of the seat so that its end sections are braced by the swinging construction at the ends of B, and end sections C, jointed at one end to the said seat. This depending arm constructheir respective ends of their intermediate section, and provided at their other or free tion and the location 01' the end sections adj aends with means for securing the attachcent to the upright hanger bars of the swing ment to the swing seat. are correlated in that the said upright hanger As shown the sections are formed with bars brace the end sections against outward slats B and C, and with end bars or battens displacement, and the depending arms lead- B and C and C, as best shown in Figs. 3 and ing along the ends of the seat, brace the said end sections against inward movement, thus l, the battens B and 0 being hinged together at I), so that when the sections are i providing a construction especially useful opened to the position shown in Figs. 1 and and advantageous in swings as shown and 3, the said battens B and C will abut and before described.

form sto s for holding the sections B and C I clai1n in expan ed position. A swing having a seat and side bars, and

upright hanger bars at the ends of said seat, and provided with a crib attachment having a main section extending between said up- I right hanger bars and provided at its ends with battens whose lower ends are extended downwardly alongside the ends of the swing seat and end sections hinged at one end to the ends of the main section and extending thence longitudinally at an inclined angle to l the axes of the hinged connection, the said I end sections of the crib attachment extend- At their free or swinging ends the sections C are provided with hooks E which engage with suitable bearings on the swing seat for holding the crib attachment to the swing in the use of the invention.

As will be understood from Figs. 2 and 4, the slats C of the end sections C, are arranged at an inclined angle with respect to 1 their battens 0 so that when folded as I shown in Fig. 1, the slats of the sections B and O are not parallel, and when opened, as

ing along the inner side of sa and side bars and adjacent thereto whereby the crib attachment will be held in position by the engagement of the end 5 the inner side of the hanger bars of the swing and by the the depending arms of the mai id hanger bars i the ends of th e seat, and m the crib attachment to the eans for fastening seat, all substantially as and for the urposes set forth. sections along MELVILL ROSYN GRANT. bars and side Witnesses: engagement of B. L. HOLDEN, n section along g W. H. VVRIGHT. 

